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Family: Shuttle Proposals. Country: USA. Status: Study 1971 June. Other Designations: Starclipper.
Lockheed Skunk Works alternate shuttle proposal. X-24B lifting body orbiter with wrap-around external tank.
SpecificationsLiftoff Thrust: 2,163,270 kgf. Total Mass: 1,730,803 kg. Core Diameter: 4.6 m. Total Length: 57.0 m.
- Stage Number: 1. 1 x Shuttle LS200-1 Gross Mass: 1,730,803 kg. Empty Mass: 133,514 kg. Thrust (vac): 2,796,266 kgf. Isp: 455 sec. Burn time: 256 sec. Isp(sl): 352 sec. Diameter: 4.6 m. Span: 28.1 m. Length: 47.7 m. Propellants: Lox/LH2 No Engines: 9. SSME Study
Bibliography:- 29 - Chacko, George K, ed., Reducing the Cost of Space Transportation, AAS Science and Technology Series, Vol. 21, 1969.
- 44 - Jenkins, Dennis R,, Space Shuttle: The History of Developing the National Space Transportation System, Motorbooks International, ISBN 0-9633974-4-3, 1996.
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